Rail-fastening.



W. IRING.

RAIL FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1911.

1,022,786, Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

" PATE T OFFICE.

WILLIAM IBING, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

To all whom it may canoe-an Be it known thatiI, AVILLIAM IRING, a

' citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State Qf New York, have invented certain newg arid useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteni-ngs, of which the following is a specification'fLf My invention relates to rail fastening devices, and comprisesf imdchanism whereby a .rail may be securely held in place without Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation in section- ,of the fastener but showing it applied. to

a wooden tie; and Fig. is an end viewof Fig. 4' with the facing plate removed.

My fastener is intended for use with an ordinary rail 1, except that it is provided at intervals corresponding to the positioning of the ties with dovetailed lock blocks 2 preferably formed integrally therewith.

My fastening means comprises a grip 3 for holding the rail fast by means of the lock block. For the purpose of installing the rail at least one jaw of the grip is made movable relative 'to the other. In the drawing the jaw t is made to be moved, while the jaw 5 is rigidly secured. It is in this case-made in-' tegral with a plate 6 which forms the base of my device. The jaws have inner faces 7, 8, of suitable bevel to sit snugly against the corresponding faces of the lock block to lock it and the rail securely in place. Themovable jaw has projecting from its bottom and extending from the inner side thereof a locking bar 9. The plate 6 is formed with an aperture 10 for receiving the bar -9 in sliding engagement therewith. The aperture preferably extends from front to rear of the plate, and the sides 11, 11 thereof are given a suitable bevel to engage a corresponding bevelon the sides 12 of the bar 9. This securely holds the bar againstrising, but permits it to freely slide therein to fa- Specification of Letters Patent. *fljiplication filed June 7, 1911.

RAIL-FASTENING.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 631,839.

cilitate a proper moving of the jaw at when placing or removing a rail.

Means are provided for holding the jaw securely in place whenbrought against the rail, as shown in Fig. 4. The preferred construction for this feature are sets of interlocking teeth, one set being capable of moving to and from the other for engaging therewith.v I prefer to form the rigid set of teeth 13 upon the bar 9. For the other teeth I provide a rack bar 14. This is sunk with in a recess 15 forward'in the bedof the plate. The rack bar extends beyond the plate at the rear, providing a handle 16 for moving the rack into and out of engagement wit-h the teeth above. To prevent any end movement of the rack bar outwardly, its forward end 17 is preferably enlarged and seated within. a corresponding enlargement in t'he'recess 15. This end abuts against the end of the recess 15 as a holding means against the displacement of the rail. The relative sizes of the rack bar 141 and recess 15 aresuch that the rack may have the required up and down movement at the rear end. This is preferably accomplished by giving the base of the recess 15 a sufficiently slanting base 18 from the front to the rear,

thus permitting the rack to have a swinging movement about its forward end. To hold the rack bar in its engaged position a wedge 19 is provided which is placed between the rack bar and base 18. The wedge preferably extends beyond the rear of the plate similar to the rack bar. to afford a handle 20 for placing it in position. These protruding ends are concealed by a face plate 21, which is secured in place by bolts 22.

Figs. 4 and 5show my device secured to a wooden tie 23 by means of spikes 24. When thus used, the plate is preferably made longenby forming thereon the extension 25, which is of a less thickness thanithe plate. proper, topermit the outward movement of the jaw 4. This extension adds strength to the device and provides better means for the spikes 24.

Figs. 1 and 2 show my fastener used with a combination iron and cement tie 26. The metal part thereof comprises rectangular supporting boxes 27, having a top and bottom plate 28 and 29, the top plate being similar to the plate already described. Be-' tween these plates are the uprights 30. The upper and" lower plates are'continued toward the center and preferably converge, as shown at 31, until the meet at the center in a single plate 32. T is metal construction is entirely embedded in a block of cement ,5 33, and acts upon the cement as a reinforcement at the same time strongly tymg thetwo rails together independent of the cement structure.

Having thus described my invention, I.

ping ja'w secured in the plate to have movement, and a pair of racks adapted to engage one another to hold the second jaw in block gripping position.

i 3. The combination with a tie and a rail.

having a lock block, of a plate, a block grip- I ping jaw formed on the plate, a second block gripping jaw secured in the'plate to have movement, means for securing the second jaw in block gripping position, and means for securing the said plate to the tie.

4. A rail having a dovetail lock block, a plate, a jaw, formed on said plate for engaging one side of said block, a aw slidable on sald late for engagin the' other side of said lock, a dovetail iar formed on the movable jaw and engaging a corresponding orifice in the plate, a set of teeth formed on said bar, a rack bar secured within said plate to have movement to and from said teeth, a handle for said rack bar, a wedge for holding said rack bar in engagement with said.teeth, a handle for said wedge, (aipd a facing plate for concealing said han- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.- WILLIAM IBIN G. Witnesses:

OLIVE B. KING, GERTRUDE W. MARTLING. 

